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Kyiv City Council deputies at a meeting on Thursday decided to ban the use of fireworks in Kyiv until the end of the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. A total of 87 Kyiv City Council deputies voted for this decision, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. The explanatory note to this decision states that the extension of the ban on the...

If an issue about resignation of National Bank governor Valeria Hontareva is considered Friday, there can be enough votes among the deputies for taking this decision. MP from the People’s Front Serhiy Pashynsky expressed this opinion in a conversation with an Ukrinform correspondent. “I am afraid that there will be enough votes for this...

An issue about possible resignation of National Bank governor Valeria Hontareva was not discussed during recent meetings of the People’s Front faction. Faction representative MP Tetiana Chornovol said in a conversation with an Ukrinform correspondent. “We did not discuss an issue about possible resignation of Hontareva at recent faction...

The budget request of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry for 2015 is UAH 44.7 billion, of which UAH 28.7 billion is required to maintain the Armed Forces. Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokeswoman Viktoria Kushnir said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “The Defense Ministry’s budget request for next...

The Ukroboronprom State Concern has agreed with well-known Polish company LUBAWA S.A. on joint military-technical production. The corresponding decision is set out in the cooperation agreement signed by Ukroboronprom First Deputy Director General Serhiy Pinkas and Chairman of the LUBAWA S.A. Company Marcin Kubica, the press service of the...

The Opposition Block will vote for resignation of National Bank governor Valeria Hontareva, provided this issue is considered Friday. Representative of the Opposition Block Nestor Shufrych told an Ukrinform correspondent. “We will immediately vote for Hontareva’s resignation,” he said. To remind, December 26, Hontareva will attend an hour...

The National Bank of Ukraine, along with banks and banking associations, has agreed on basic provisions regarding the restructuring of consumer loans in foreign currency. The National Bank reported this on its Facebook page. “The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) held a meeting, during which the main provisions of the draft memorandum...

The government sent 326 tonnes of humanitarian aid worth about UAH 2 million from Kharkiv to Donbas. The Cabinet’s press service informs. “326 tonnes of humanitarian cargo worth about UAH 2 million were sent to the east of Ukraine,” a statement reads. The press service informs that the humanitarian aid includes such products as cereals,...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development allocates $1.08 million for the creation of a project office for reforms in Ukraine. Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Chairman of the National Reform Council Dmytro Shymkiv said this at a briefing in the Presidential Administration on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent...

Ukrainian MPs have adopted presidential amendments to bill No. 1343 introducing amendments to the law of Ukraine on the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine. A total of 253 lawmakers supported the document at a parliament meeting on Thursday. The head of the parliamentary committee on national security and defense, Serhiy...